Taste Magazine
Login/Register
Menu
  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
    • Starters
    • Mains
    • Desserts
    • Drinks
    • View all
  • Ingredients
    • Asparagus
    • Avocado
    • Beetroot
    • Berries
    • Cheese
    • Chicken
    • Mielies
    • Potatoes
    • Spinach
    • View all
  • Dishes
    • Chakalaka
    • Braai
    • Fridge desserts
    • Mediterranean
    • Sandwiches
    • Plant-based
    • Potjies
    • View all
  • Occasions
    • Birthdays
    • Ramadan
    • Eid
    • Easter
    • Pesach
    • Diwali
    • Hanukkah
    • Christmas
    • New Year’s Eve
  • Popular
    • South African
    • Air fryer
    • Braai
    • Five-ingredients or less
    • 30 minutes or less
    • Great Value
  • Win
    • Competitions
    • Competition Winners
  • Culture
    • Articles
    • How To
    • Columns
    • Glossary
  • WList™ great value hub
  • WCellar
  • Login
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter sign up
Editor’s picks
Harissa-battered hake
Fish recipes

Harissa-battered hake

1 hour 10 minutes
Extra-large éclair
Chocolate recipes

Extra-large éclair

1 hour
Ivor Jones’s Easter honeycomb smash hot cross buns
Easter recipes

Ivor Jones’s Easter honeycomb smash hot cross buns

15 minutes
  • Home
  • recipe-guide
  • Root vegetable recipes
  • Carrot recipes
Butternut noodle and carrot soup
Carrot recipes

Butternut noodle and carrot soup

45 minutes
Shaved baby root veggie salad with tahini dressing and carrot top pesto
Carrot recipes

Shaved baby root veggie salad with tahini dressing and carrot top pesto

Tender beef shortrib with carrot salad
Beef recipes

Tender beef shortrib with carrot salad

2 1⁄2 hours
Chicken livers with carrot mash and crispy kale
Carrot recipes

Chicken livers with carrot mash and crispy kale

25 minutes
Carrots baked in coals
Braai recipes

Carrots baked in coals

30 - 45 minutes
Sticky roast carrots in barley broth
Carrot recipes

Sticky roast carrots in barley broth

45 minutes
Spicy carrot and pumpkin soup with creamed feta and roast dukkah chickpeas
Carrot recipes

Spicy carrot and pumpkin soup with creamed feta and roast dukkah chickpeas

30 minutes
Asian carrot juice dipping sauce with crispy tofu
Asian recipes

Asian carrot juice dipping sauce with crispy tofu

35 minutes
Lemon-cream trout and rainbow carrot spaghetti
Carrot recipes

Lemon-cream trout and rainbow carrot spaghetti

10 minutes
Moroccan-spiced carrot hummus with pickled carrots and flatbreads
Carrot recipes

Moroccan-spiced carrot hummus with pickled carrots and flatbreads

20 minutes
Soles with Moroccan-style raw carrot salad
Carrot recipes

Soles with Moroccan-style raw carrot salad

8 minutes
Carrot cakes with honey glaze
Cake recipes

Carrot cakes with honey glaze

20 minutes
Load more
  • Taste Magazine
  • shop online at woolworths. Shop Now
© 2026 Woolworths holdings limited. All rights strictly reserved.
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Media24
Please login or register to favourite a recipe.
Login/Register

Carrot cakes with honey glaze

By Hannah Lewry
Full StarFull StarFull StarFull StarFull Star
Makes 6 small cakes
Easy
20 minutes
20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 large carrots, peeled and grated
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 60 g butter, melted
  • 150 g light brown sugar
  • ½ t fresh ginger, finely grated
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • 140 g flour
  • 1 t baking powder
  • 1 t ground cinnamon
  • 1 t ground ginger
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup honey
  • 50 g pumpkin seeds, roasted

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Mix the carrots, egg, butter, sugar, ginger and vanilla extract with an electric beater until pale and fluffy.
  2. Combine the dry ingredients, then fold into the carrot mixture.
  3. Grease a shallow muffin pan. Spoon the mixture into the pan and bake 15–20 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  4. Place the water and honey in saucepan and simmer over a low heat until syrupy. Pour over the hot cakes and sprinkle with the pumpkin seeds.

Discover more desserts and baking recipes here.